Festival Guide: New American Music Union, Pittsburgh, PA
Date: August 8-9, 2008, $25-$50
Sponsored by the youth-focused retail giant American Eagle and curated by The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, the inaugural New American Music Union --to be held in the streets of Pittsburgh--will bring the nation's hottest mainstream acts and college bands together. Tickets to the two-day summer music festival are surprisingly inexpensive for the bill, with big-name acts Bob Dylan , The Raconteurs and others slated to perform.
Lineup (subject to change):
- Bob Dylan and His Band
- The Raconteurs
- Spoon
- The Roots
- Gnarls Barkley
- The Black Keys
- Black Mountain
- Nasa
- The Duke Spirit
- Tiny Masters of Today
- Bears
- Elizabethan Report
- Flying Machines
- Gospel Gossip
- Magic Bullets
- Math the Band
- My Dear Disco
- Nothing Unexpected
- Royal Bangs
- The Black Fortys
- The Company Kang
- The Delicious
- The Depreciation Guild
- The French Horn Rebellion
- The Steps
New American Music Union website
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